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Question #1
World War I
A.
none of the answers
B.
did not involve the United States of America.
C.
is mislabeled for it was a small short war.
D.
was a war of attrition that had no justified reason for occurring nor clear winners.
Question #2
What does Owens call “The old lie” in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est”?
A.
Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori… It is fitting and proper to die for one’s country.
B.
in death there is honor.
C.
none of the answers
D.
war makes cowards of us all.
Question #3
T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland” presents
A.
a poem structured like a collection of individual poems
B.
the death of Western civilization as evidenced by The Great War.
C.
the themes of loss and a hope for redemption.
D.
All of the answers are correct.
Question #4
The art of George Grosz
A.
applauds the German military and its government.
B.
is an imaginative blend of social criticism and social satire through caricatures.
C.
glorifies the trench warfare that World War I consisted of.
D.
none of the answers
Question #5
The Great Depression
A.
is a time period when a large portion of the world was diagnosed with depression by Sigmund Freud.
B.
none of the answers
C.
inspired literary and visual art that described economic oppression and misery.
D.
created a movement of art that focused on an alternate utopian reality.
Question #6
Diego Rivera is known for
A.
none of the answers
B.
murals that capture the vitality and futility of the Mexican Revolution that involved the active participation of peasants and urban workers.
C.
art that is abstract and aloof.
D.
paintings that glorify the elite of Mexican society.
Question #7
Heller’s novel Catch 22
A.
none of the answers
B.
details WWII in the same epic and heroic fashion of the Greek classics.
C.
is a clear example of the use of gallow’s humor in the service of satire.
D.
demonstrates the benefits of the massive war effort created for WWII.
Question #8
Wiesel’s memoir Night
A.
is a surrealistic retelling of one man’s dreams.
B.
is an epic poem that was written as a response to T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland.”
C.
none of the answers
D.
depicts his terrifying experiences as Jew in Nazi Germany.
Question #9
Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica
A.
captures the grim brutality and suffering of the wartime era during the Spanish Civil War.
B.
distills the imagery and language that he created with cubism to place a spotlight on the barbarism of modern warfare.
C.
All of the answers are correct.
D.
is a political response to the tragedy that occurred in the small pueblo of Guernica, Spain perpetrated by the German air force on behalf of the Fascist dictator Franco.
Question #10
Leni Riefenstahl was a talented German filmmaker
A.
who used her talents in the service of German propaganda.
B.
All of the answers are correct.
C.
created film images that are still widely and commonly used today in films about heroes and in televised sports programs.
D.
was a woman
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